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My name is Gary Warner and I am a hodad. For those who aren't familiar with archaic surfer slanger, a hodad originally was the kind of Southern California guy who greased his hair and wore white T-shirts and cared more about working on his hotrods than hanging 10 at the beach. That's not me. I grew up in the blow-dry era and drove a yellow Ford Pinto in high school. But over the years, "hodad" has morphed into a term used to describe people like me who can talk surf, wear surfwear, hang out with surfers — but never get up on a board. Bingo. My road to hodad-ness began 20 years ago last month when, as the Orange County Register's military writer, I was sent...

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My name is Gary Warner and I am a hodad.
For those who aren't familiar with archaic surfer slanger, a hodad originally was the kind of Southern California guy who greased his hair and wore white T-shirts and cared more about working on his hotrods than...